I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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Jason, let's for a moment say that you don't have Michael encircled, but I do. If Michael posts to Extended Circles, it's visible to everyone he has in his circles (me), and everyone that those people have in their circles (you, via me). If that post also happens to fit the 'local' criteria, it *should* show up in your Local tab in the mobile app, if it's all working correctly.
Also, if you were to go to Michael's profile and pick his posts tab, you'd be able see the post there, too - though there's been some debate as to whether his post would show up anywhere in your stream - They don't apparently show up in 'incoming' (which is for people who circled you, but you haven't got them circled), or your main stream (which is only for people you have circled somehow...)